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Re: Episode 34: Hands-on with the Nokia N97 Mini and X6

DavidCarrington — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:01:10 -0000

Look at the video at 1:45 - Rafe pauses after pressing a menu item, expecting it to open. Again a few seconds later on the next menu. This is a mistake I do too, and I'm sure it's the same for others. Why? Because Nokia are stupid and make their touch UI inconsistent. In some places you have scrollbars, some places you don't, some places you click once, and others you have to click twice. Crap experience for users.

Re: Looking at the Nokia Booklet 3G with an N900

DavidCarrington — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:24:08 -0000

1080p is great, not just for video though. My home monitor is 1080p and I'd really appreciate connecting to that with HDMI. I sometimes use my netbook as an alternative to my power-hungry gaming PC when I'm simply browsing the web.

Re: A Dongle Discovery

DavidCarrington — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:35:04 -0000

I have a couple of dongles from 3's network, both came locked. One of them I've reflashed with new firmware to unlock just for the hell of it, since it was a freebie.

My Vodafone Dell Mini 9 came with software that only worked with Vodafone, although generic software was available from Dell's website.

Re: Love your N95? Get the Nokia N86.

DavidCarrington — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:05:13 -0000

Gone are the days of typing text messages without actually needing to look at your phone? :( That really is a sad day. Touch is good, but it has limits.

Re: Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop looks absolutely brilliant

DavidCarrington — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:51:41 -0000

That's the best looking netbook I've seen in a while and I'd absolutely love one. I'm keen to hear what sort of resolutions it can put out, both on it's "HD" screen and out via the HDMI port. This may well be my next netbook.... fancy running a competition? ;)

Re: What was your best phone ever? Here’s mine!

DavidCarrington — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:52:08 -0000

Ditto! Although for me I only keep one rather than two. One of my colleagues still uses it as his main handset and we have about a dozen in our store room... which is how my stop motion video was made possible:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtg479Ub7g

Long live the 6310i!

Re: The launch of the Land Rover S1 by Sonim

DavidCarrington — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:01:07 -0000

Interesting. I was actually pointing at the XP3 Quest though, not the XP3. Their product page shows different information for each, with the Quest having the digital camera you mention.

Re: Nokia N97: The Definitive Verdict (maybe)

DavidCarrington — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:34:12 -0000

Different URL is nonsense. Flickr provides multiple URLs for the same image for different sizes. The exact photo you're linking to can be seen on this Flickr page (clearly labelled with CC attribution and James' profile linked):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatleydude/347697...

No one has said you should go through all images on your site. We are saying that now you've been informed about this particular photo and it's your legal requirement to correct your page.

Re: Nokia N97: The Definitive Verdict (maybe)

DavidCarrington — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:08:35 -0000

You've used a (bad) tool to show it the image on your blog. The plugin should have warned you that the image requires attribution, but it did not. James has now made you aware of the licence for the image and it's your obligation to correct your website.

The usage on your site requires attribution, fact. The URL makes absolutely no difference.

Re: Nokia N97: The Definitive Verdict (maybe)

DavidCarrington — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:00:05 -0000

Does the N97 have an on-screen keyboard by any chance? I know it's semi-redundant, but that's not stopped every other touch screen phone I have from having one.

The Android on-screen keyboard uses about 45% of the screen just for the alphabet. For Windows Mobile it's a mere 25% - including numbers and symbols. Obviously the super sexy winmo keyboard requires a stylus, but I can live with that.

Re: The launch of the Land Rover S1 by Sonim

DavidCarrington — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:11:10 -0000

Unique-ish. It looks identical to the Sonim XP3 Quest - I wonder if Land Rover have anything changed except some branding.

A few years back I would have loved getting a handset like this for all my climbing and mountaineering activities.

Re: Announcing: The Really Mobile Project ‘Week Of Win’

DavidCarrington — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:57:31 -0000

Not sure if I've seen that one or not, I did watch a lot of stop motion videos on YouTube a few months back. It was James recently sharing on Google Reader this link about time lapse photography that probably made me think about it:
http://permanentbetablog.blogspot.com/2009/06/l...

My original plans were far more ambitious - I was hoping to re-enact the Top Gun movie end dog fight sequence with mobiles!

Re: Announcing: The Really Mobile Project ‘Week Of Win’

DavidCarrington — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:01:48 -0000

Ok - It's ready... here's my entry to the competition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtg479Ub7g

Re: Announcing: The Really Mobile Project ‘Week Of Win’

DavidCarrington — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:34:21 -0000

Here's the concept/teaser video for my weekofwin entry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5EqPLpD954

I'll post the real video later today once I've fixed the aspect ratio and soundtrack :)

Re: Announcing: The Really Mobile Project ‘Week Of Win’

DavidCarrington — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:27:34 -0000

What colour is the N97? Silver? My entry still needs a lot of work.

Re: STOP PRESS: ShoZu to start charging!

DavidCarrington — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:57:04 -0000

I've used PixelPipe since I first got my G1 when they launched. I've never had any troubles with sharing my photos. I agree that the UI is bad - thankfully I've only ever had to look at the settings UI when initially setting it up. Since then it's been clear sailing.

Re: Mobile Networks and Engagement on Twitter

DavidCarrington — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:40:18 -0000

T-Mobile did have @TMobileSharing. Not sure if that's official or not - last tweeted in November.

You forgot to mention how @o2ukofficial reads TRMP! Hi O2! (http://twitter.com/o2ukofficial/status/1763668505)

Re: Google Latitude: An ‘insidious threat’?

DavidCarrington — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:36:52 -0000

Very suprised that there's a Latitude post here with no mention of the new features added in the last few days.

A slight cause for privacy concern is the introduction of an optional KML/JSON "feed" of your location provided by Google. For now, the feed only shows your current location. I'd personally love to get a feed with history.

Re: Video Diary: James Whatley on planning MGoLA

DavidCarrington — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:08:08 -0000

Argh my ears! I was going to comment mostly on the nice way the video is done - with the transition effect between the cameras etc. Maybe you could play with the volume though? I had put my earphones on full to listen to you and then the ending TRMP noise played and melted my ears. Have fun in LA :)

Re: Video Diary: Vikki Chowney talks about the Nokia E75 and Samsung NC10 on O2

DavidCarrington — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:05:48 -0000

Nice quiet spot at Marlow train station - tweet tweet. Speaking of tweets - I saw Dabr :D

Re: Something new, really soon.

DavidCarrington — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:20:09 -0000

So this is a site about phones in the fashion photography industry? ;)

Re: Mobile Industry Review goes subscription-only from 30th March

DavidCarrington — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:12:24 -0000

Yep - see my comment below. It's mostly because of MIR that Dabr exists :)

Re: Mobile Industry Review goes subscription-only from 30th March

DavidCarrington — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:57:00 -0000

Without MIR I would never have had data added to my mobile contract (http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/703...) nor would I have developed Dabr without James' comment on this post: http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/jon...

It's good and bad news to hear you're going private. Good luck with the new direction :)

Re: Mobile Industry Review goes subscription-only from 30th March

DavidCarrington — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:42:25 -0000

Someone please do option 2! I've gained a lot through MIR and at least half of that was triggered by simple news and comments.

Re: Is the stylus indicative of shoddy UI design?

DavidCarrington — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:12:48 -0000

As a WinMo fan, I do have an HTC BlueAngel (T-Mobile MDA III), with the slide out keyboard, and hate using it. Stylus text entry can be *much* faster. The biggest benefit for stylus text entry is that the on-screen keyboard can be much smaller - a reason why I hate many other big on-screen keyboards.

With the G1 it does bug me now and then when I've clicked the wrong link on a page - since using your finger or thumb is very difficult to be accurate. Here again, using a stylus with touch screen is much better.

Perhaps it's just the vertical-sliding keyboard of the BlueAngel that I hated, as the G1's sideways keyboard is great for me :)